Horsemanship for Barrel Racers – A Clinic
Well, it appears I shared my upcoming clinic with everyone but you good folks here. Better late than never though, right? So if you’re free this weekend (October 1-3) and…
Pattern Diagram
Barrel racers, tend to obsess about the pattern. So I created a handy diagram to help you make yours the best, fastest, and cleanest it can be! For years, I…
Merry Christmas
May your beef be tender, your horses be sound, your weather be lovely and your soul surrounded by peace and love. Merry Christmas from all my ponies and myself. Be…
Ratey Horses vs. Free-Running Horses
How do you help a ratey horse free up? How do you help a free-running horse, rate up? In this video below, I’ll share a few of my tips. One…
2020 Better Barrel Races World Finals
Due to the dumpster fire that is 2020, the Better Barrel Races World Finals had to reschedule. The event, typically held in April, had to move to August. Now, for…
Making a Barrel Horse: Runs 1/2
I’m making a new barrel horse. I mean, this is what I did for a living for a lot of years. But since I’ve moved to the ranch I slowed…
My Warm-Up
Keep in mind, you only have about 10 minutes of quality time to train at the lope. Due to this, I do most of my softening work at the walk.
Collection: A series
Over the course of the next four weeks, I’m going to share with you, the basics of collection. This series will show you where I start, and how I progress.…
Speed Control
We like our horses to tune into our seat and our body, so we can use the reins and our legs to refine the cues we give them for turnarounds, rollbacks, spins, or gathering up so we can do a canter pirouette (or swap directions quickly to corral an unruly bull come fall). Plus, anyone else can use “whoa” or “ho” and that might mean something to our horse when we don’t need it to.